Definition of short-stay in US English:
short-stay
adjectiveˌSHôrtˈstāˌʃɔrtˈsteɪ
1attributive Denoting a place in which someone or something stays or remains for only a short period.
short-stay accommodations
Example sentencesExamples
- The short-stay surgery area was very inviting and aesthetically pleasing.
- For example, it would have to remain as a short-stay car park for the use of people such as town centre shoppers.
- The home will provide up to 28 much-needed beds for older folk in the West Mainland and four short-stay beds.
- Even long-stay parkers will benefit by not taking up short-stay places.
- Free parking for the event will be provided in Zone G of the short-stay car park.
- 1.1 Denoting a person staying somewhere for only a short period of time.
Example sentencesExamples
- The challenges facing plans for coastal health services include a fast-growing population whose characteristics include a significant number of older residents and a large number of tourists and short-stay visitors.
- It will focus on sub-acute care and surgical short-stay patients, in a partnership with Vancouver General Hospital.
- The 24 first-floor beds will be dedicated to short-stay patients undergoing orthopaedic and surgical treatment.
- As opposed to the usual hotel rooms, which are devoid of kitchen facilities, as serviced apartments, the accommodation in Sunshine Vista is designed for long-stay as well as short-stay residents.
- The 43-bed Rosepark nursing home, which is privately owned, has short-stay and long-stay residents and offers day care, respite care and care of the terminally ill and people with mental conditions.